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Former Rep. Kay slammed six ways from Sunday in new cable TV ad

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* Check out this new cable ad from freshman Rep. Katie Stuart (D-Edwardsville) attacking former GOP Rep. Dwight Kay, whom she defeated two years ago. Lotta stuff packed into this ad, but yikes…

* Transcript…

Voiceover: Republicans don’t want Dwight Kay and neither does anyone else. Dwight Kay shames women who use birth control as immoral.

Dwight Kay speaking on House floor: “How much promiscuity should an insurance company pay?

Voiceover: Kay opposed funding to process rape kits, and that allows predators to avoid jail. Kay opposes choice, even for victims of rape and incest. Kay, caught on tape as he bullies and intimidates a woman in Springfield. Dwight Kay, bad votes, bad video, shameful to women.

* The opening sentence is based on this September, 2017 BND story…

Former Republican state Rep. Dwight Kay wants his old seat back in the 112th District. But the state Republican Party wants to move on.

The “promiscuity” quote is based on this bill…

The bill guarantees coverage for all FDA approved contraception. It would also require insurance companies to cover prescriptions for up to 12 months.

The “opposed funding for rape kits” claim is based on SB2048, which was an appropriations bill. Kay voted against it, as did all Republicans. It’s been a standard Democratic line for years whenever somebody votes against a budget bill.

That incident on the House floor with Speaker Madigan’s former chief legal counsel Heather Weir Vaught was quite something and hurt Kay badly in the 2016 campaign when Stuart’s campaign used it in targeted and tough online ads.

* Related fundraising letter from Personal PAC (which is how I learned of the new ad) …

Just when you think Governor Rauner, Diana Rauner and Republican leader Jim Durkin can go no lower in funding the most right-wing misogynist candidates, they double down yet again by fully supporting a candidate for State Representative who not only wants to outlaw abortion with no exceptions for rape and incest, but voted against testing rape kits, calls women who use birth control “promiscuous,” and in a new video is seen bullying and threatening a woman in Springfield.

Bruce, Diana and Jim—Have you no decency?

Please sign our petition today so we can let Governor Rauner, Diana Rauner and Jim Durkin know that you agree with us that there is no room in Illinois politics for such vile candidates as Dwight Kay.

Personal PAC will make sure our collective voices will be heard loud and clear!

posted by Rich Miller
Monday, Aug 13, 18 @ 1:25 pm

Comments

In fairness to Rauner and Durkin, they haven’t given Kay a dime and have provided him no staff that I’m aware of.

Comment by Dave W Monday, Aug 13, 18 @ 1:32 pm
Expect all the negativity of the Munger& Kirk campaigns but on steriods.

Comment by Anonymous Monday, Aug 13, 18 @ 1:51 pm
4D chess move by Dan Proft by helping this retread get nominated.

Comment by Fax Machine Monday, Aug 13, 18 @ 1:57 pm
Dwight Kay, Jeanne Ives, Dan Proft, Peter Breen. The who’s who of the what’s wrong with the Illinois Republican party.

Comment by Flat Bed Ford Monday, Aug 13, 18 @ 2:00 pm
==Dwight Kay, Jeanne Ives, Dan Proft, Peter Breen. The who’s who of the what’s wrong with the Illinois Republican party.==

Ain’t that the fact and they will tell you otherwise.

Comment by Baggs McCoy Monday, Aug 13, 18 @ 2:05 pm
Yeah, calling people who use birth control “promiscuous” is all kinds of stupid and wrong. Glad he was shown the door and hope he stays on the outside looking in.

Besides seeing the issue as one of morality, which is pretty far off the mark since we aren’t even discussing abortion, just birth control, even from a cold, practical point of view the argument fails. Unplanned pregnancies take a lot of time, money, and other resources from both individuals and from the state, since something like half of all births in IL are paid for by Medicaid.

Comment by Perrid Monday, Aug 13, 18 @ 2:09 pm
The sad fact is that Dwight Kay is a better representative of Republican opinion than Bruce Rauner. Scary times.

Comment by Precinct Captain Monday, Aug 13, 18 @ 2:20 pm
The commercial is pretty fair. Wasn’t his answer to the pension crisis to refund pension contributions with some interest and to abolish state pensions? He would be a constant embarrassment to the GOP.

Comment by Trapped in the 'burbs Monday, Aug 13, 18 @ 2:21 pm
Watching with no sound, a clue I took from some astute commenters here, the ad cuts hard.
This will leave a mark.

Comment by DuPage Bard Monday, Aug 13, 18 @ 2:30 pm
Heather Weir Vaught is a fine person, excellent lawyer, and a friend. Kay had better take his bullying BS and stay home before someone decides not to take it any longer.

Comment by South Sider Monday, Aug 13, 18 @ 2:36 pm
“The commercial is pretty fair”

The ad is beyond partisanship, and reaches into the absurd.

Unless you believe everything said in political attack ads is always true, and paints a true picture of who someone is.

Comment by Saluki Monday, Aug 13, 18 @ 2:36 pm
===Dwight Kay, Jeanne Ives, Dan Proft, Peter Breen. The who’s who of the what’s wrong with the Illinois Republican party.===

They could be good… insofar as they are 1) trying to purify the party 2) alienate the Reagan Rule 3) understanding that addition by subtraction is not how a party grows.

Proft uses the divisions to make money so he’s a grifter not a pure idealog.

You’re not wrong, but in being more right, growth of the GOP (after Raunerism) will need to include both moderates and conservatives… maybe not these members… but…

Comment by Oswego Willy Monday, Aug 13, 18 @ 2:42 pm
Just when you think nothing else is buried under a rock, we get a 1950’s, white male who doesn’t know what the heck he’s talking about.

Comment by c2 Monday, Aug 13, 18 @ 2:45 pm
I wonder if Neanderthal Kay knows that the State Employees’ health plan provides birth control at no cost.

Comment by Arthur Andersen Monday, Aug 13, 18 @ 3:19 pm
Life must be pretty bad for the guy if he wants to RETURN to the General Assembly.

Comment by Albany Park Patriot Monday, Aug 13, 18 @ 3:41 pm
Wow. Nice job.

Comment by Soccermom Monday, Aug 13, 18 @ 3:46 pm
Like Katie Stuart has been some kind of miracle worker.

Comment by Steve Tuesday, Aug 14, 18 @ 5:25 pm